When I joined CHERUBS I will never forget this posting from a woman. She said, "My doctor told me if I did not terminate he would not be my doctor." What followed were other woman claiming the same thing. One doctor was a woman. I could not even imagine a doctor telling me that. My thoughts went to Dr G. and how different my experience was. I felt so bad for these women and so fortunate to have gotten Dr. G.
True to his promise, Dr G. lined up all sort of specialist. We spoke to pediatric surgeons, cardiologist, pulmonologist, neonatologist, and on and on. Everyone was very honest and told us what they could or could not do depending on the situation when he was born. It was such a relief to know exactly what to expect.
We were told about ECMO which they had at our hospital. They explained about possible surgery to repair the hernia. When it was done and when it wasn't. They spoke about doing too much and that only we could decide what was enough. They are doctors and it is their mission to save lives but they would not put our baby through unless operations etc. unless that's what we wanted
Who would have thought their were so many decision to make when you expect your baby to die.
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